The name of the blog

I forgot to explain this in the introduction, but I'll make a separate post for it, because this is something very close to me. I've always been fascinated with the idea of continuity; even more, eternity. The eternity symbol ∞ is one of my favourites. It's a perfect, nice loop, just like I imagine life is (now I can't say anything about afterlife, but according to my theory/wish, life is a loop) - and in its simplicity it's absolutely beautiful.

Now, Ab Aeterno derives from my desire of eternity - that reassurance that even after you're gone, something, some piece of you keeps on living on Earth. I first came upon this Latin phrase while just simply trying to find a title for a doll picture. This one.

This was taken of my Agatha, BeYours Glisten, soon-to-be BeYours Pansy. I usually name my pictures after some feeling they give me; usually I utilize song lyrics. But this time, I somehow felt I needed to go all Latin. So after a while of searching Google for "Latin phrases", I found Ab Aeterno.
The translation given with the phrase was "from the beginning of time" - although I have found alternative translations for the phrase since then - and it immediately kind of struck me. You could say I kind of fell in love with it. It entwined beautifully with my fascination of eternity. It had this sense of immortality I had always wanted my dolls and their characters to portray, even the most human ones. I want my art to be sort of "ageless"; so that it can carry on my legacy even after my death. I know, it's a very corny thing to say, but it is still true. :'D

The phrase Ab Aeterno has kind of been with me ever since, and after some discussion with my dear friend Britt, I decided to change my face up shop name to Aeterno Aesthetics. Now, I don't really know Latin, but from dictionaries I have understood that the word "Aeterno" alone means something along the lines of "immortalise" or "perpetually", and even "always". I've also reserved the name Aeternodoll/Aeternodolls for when and if I ever start making my own dolls. The name makes sense to me, as in their own way these dolls are very immortal and ageless. And that is ultimately what I want to achieve.

Alright, that was probably incredibly boring, but it's night and I get very deep at nights. :D I promise in the next blog entry I'll actually talk more about the hobby and what I do in it, haha.

Love,
Asileh Backwards

PS. Asileh Backwards is just a "clever" play with my first name, Helisa. If you were curious and didn't figure that out already. XD